Operations Analyst

Noble Machines, Inc•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$115,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Noble Machines is hiring an Operations Analyst to manage the analytical and operational processes supporting the scale-up of Moby humanoid robots from pilots to commercial fleets. The role partners with business, engineering, operations, and finance to turn ambiguous problems into decisions, plans, and operating rhythms, and owns the metrics used to assess customer outcomes and business performance. The position spans deployment planning, trade and logistics operations, operating metrics, unit economics, and process development. The Operations Analyst will help establish repeatable frameworks for new-country operations, integrate export compliance into new product introduction, coordinate deployment planning and reviews, and build lightweight AI-assisted tools to reduce manual work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Business, or a related quantitative field.
2 to 4 years of experience in operations or project management at a high-growth technology company.
Strong quantitative modeling skills, including financial models, unit economics, and scenario analysis.
Clear, structured writing and executive-level communication skills.
Ability to work with ambiguity, scope problems, drive them to decisions, and operationalize the outcomes.
AI-native approach, using LLMs and agents to automate analysis, reporting, and workflows.
Ability to travel approximately 10% to customer sites and suppliers.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to robotics, hardware, automation, manufacturing, or logistics.
Experience with SQL, Python, or BI tools such as Looker or Tableau.
Experience with pricing, robots-as-a-service, or hardware business models.
Supply chain, vendor, or cost-down analysis experience.
Startup experience or an appetite for building processes from scratch.

Responsibilities

Structure trade lanes and scaling strategy, and manage day-to-day execution and operational logistics.
Create repeatable standard operating procedure frameworks for operations in each new country.
Define trade KPIs, including on-time delivery, days in customs, cost per shipment, and pre-shipment risk mitigation; maintain tracking and reporting workflows under trade compliance requirements.
Integrate export compliance and a “Ready to Ship” criterion into new product introduction, and track performance against target ship dates.
Leverage and consolidate a strategic network of tier-one vendors.
Run robot deployment planning, including quarterly plans and monthly reviews; track commitments and flag risks to leadership.
Define and maintain company and program metrics, including deployment progress, robot uptime and utilization, pilot-to-contract conversion, and unit economics; build trusted dashboards for leaders and customers.
Model robot costs, margins, and cost-down paths with finance, engineering, and supply chain, and track bill of materials costs against targets.
Work with the TPM to measure pilot outcomes, standardize the pilot-to-production playbook, and resolve operational bottlenecks.
Build lightweight AI-assisted systems, including agents, automations, and dashboards, to reduce manual work in planning, reporting, and data collection.